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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is most notable about Jinny's Section 6 monologue?
(a) She speaks in iambic pentameter.
(b) She does not mention any of the other characters.
(c) She speaks solely about herself and Percival.
(d) She does not mention the children she has.

2. In Section 6, Who remarks, "Percival has died . . . Life passes."?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Neville.
(c) Susan.
(d) Louis.

3. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Heading to classes.
(b) Playing at recess.
(c) Going to chapel.
(d) Walking to lunch.

4. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Susan.
(c) Neville.
(d) Rhoda.

5. In Section 6, who does Susan deride towards the end of her monologue?
(a) Neville.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Percival.
(d) Rhoda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asserts, "The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them"?

2. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?

3. What is Louis's profession when the reader encounters him in Section 3?

4. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?

5. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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